{
  "id": 6455765,
  "title": "Ice Age origins of one of humanity's oldest drug habits discovered",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/ice-age-origins-of-one-of-humanitys-oldest-drug-habits-discovered",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-09T18:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-ice-age-humanity-oldest-drug.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A team of Griffith University archaeologists has uncovered evidence that humans were using mind-altering substances much earlier than previously supposed.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}